Mentorship

Mentoring Resources:

This workbook was used within the OTepp mentorship module and is helpful to foster reflection for those providing or receiving mentorship or supervision. It is available free to members of the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT) in the mentoring gateway located in the “members-only” area of the CAOT website: http://www.caot.ca.

CAOT`s online mentorship module (Momentum) aims to assist occupational therapists foster professional growth through a guided reflective process. This special learning service is reserved for members of the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists.

Momentum is built on the successes of the Occupational Therapy Examination and Practice Preparation (OTepp) project's mentorship module and follows the same format.

The authors of this study state that flexibility, responsiveness and collaboration are vital characteristics of a mentorship program. A mentoring program at the University of Sydney is used to illustrate the importance of the aforementioned elements.

This article shows that e-mentoring promotes accessible mentorships when time or distance limits participation. The benefits of face-to-face and e-mentorships are noted to be similar, though it is important to consider further the qualities of a good e-mentor since they may differ from the qualities necessary for effective face-to-face mentoring.